Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-06
STRUCK AN UNLUCKY TOWN.
a Syndicate OF Circus Gamblers Cleaned
Out In Laramie.
Laramie Boomerang.

a Syndicate OF OlrCue SAInDISEb Otcoheu
Out In Laramie.
Laramie Boomerang.
Fer once the circus did not take more
money out OF Laramie than it left here,
directly or indirectly, AMI the adverse Cir
cumstarces under which the big shows
gave several hundred citizens about 5
cents orth of exhibition fer 81 head
admission are Offset by the fact that there
YVES left here betW en- $4,000 and $4,000 in
solid cash, for which the losers received
no equivalent whatever, except the salts
faction of dealing with, as they expressed
1t themselves, "the squarest men they
ever encountered over the green cloth"
AccompanyingEthe circus was g. small
syndicate of gamblers who had pretty
nexr their own way all the way from
Portland to this city, having given battle
and defeated Faro's hosts everywhere
along the line. From Portland they
carried off Sl6, 900 and from Butte $l2,-
600. It is claimed that they "broke the
bank" st Shoshone Falls, slew the tiger
at Ogden, and vaDquished foes Of the
same species at Green River and Rawlias.
They were blooded, and swooped down
on the Gem City with the expectation Of
levying tribute from the city in proper
ton to its wealth and the size of the
menagerie. They reached the city
about q. m, and st once started in
search of the enemy. They wanted
game with limit, and when they fell up
against Charley Whitman, and Sam Gea-
son, who deSl the game at CIeve's old
place, the got what they were looking
for. and by 10 O'Clock opened the battle.
of nf Tha
time and 500 the rest, and could have
bad il IS much higher IS they desired. At
first the fortunes OF War appeared to re-
main with the invaders, VINO had been
gIutted with victory, but the tide turned
against them as the day wore on, and
their banners dropped lower IS the even
ing shadows fell over field they would
not yet surrender. There was no Joshua
TO command the sun to stand still, but oY
the electric light an unbrOken front was
presented to the local force Of King Faro.
The news that there was big game on
hand was noised about town, and g hun
dred or mere interested spectators
dropped in and spent the night in watch
ing the plucky strangers pay down their
gold and greenbecks for yellow ivory
chips, st So per chip, and lose them as
fast as the cards could be turned. The
playing finally settled down to one nan,
whose own resources and his credit with
his friends were apparently unlimited.
He seldom made bet as low as $50, and
generally had $3.50 to $500 on the board
st once. Roll after roll Of tens and
tWenties were flashed up and gradually
vanished, with stacks of twenty
gold-pleces produced from sundry
breeches pockets. He generally invested
500 TO $500 in chips as q purchase, but
about midnight put in 500 at CHATTER
and braced up for better luck.
Victory was not for the Invaders this
time, end st l :56 o'clock the last chip
disappeared, the player closed the rack
and arose to 60, and in response to the
inquiry OF one Of his friends il he was
ready to quit, responded: "Well,
should say am" He had dropped about
$4,000 in the bank during the sixteen
hours be sat in the game. The amount
probably exceeded this, but these ere the
bank figures.
Besides this crowd, there were several
pretty heavy local players, who generally
had the same luck, one Of them losing
$500 or $500. It was the biggest game
that has been seen in Laramie for long
time, and, while the strangers were nice
enough people, the sympathy Of the audi
ence was for once with the tiger. They
came to shear, and they wentforth shorn.
Laramie people may be fooled once on
the shell game, but on square deal they
can accommodate travelling combinations
with almost any sort of amusement they
want